A traditional Japanese festival is being adapted for poodles and Pomeranians, amid a booming pet industry and a dearth of ...

This photo provided by Japan Media Services shows a scene from The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan, directed by Rionne McAvoy. The award-winning independent documentary film ...

The nonprofit organization behind the survey said the rise of more than 1,700 sites from the previous fiscal year reflected ...

Japan's children version of defense white paper criticized by educators’ groups for hyping China-related crisis, violating ...

According to a new study linking body movement patterns and health, Japanese children walk differently from those in other countries. The study, which was recently published in the journal “Scientific ...

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SAGAMIHARA FAMILY HOUSING AREA, Japan – It was like stepping into the unknown when Sgt. 1st Class Georgette Ray’s children first entered a Japanese school last fall. With no grasp of the language or ...

From 1996 until 2000, I worked as an English teacher in the public school system of southern Japan. Being partly Japanese, I was excited and grateful for the opportunity to immerse myself in the ...

Researchers have discovered that the manner of walking, or gait, of Japanese children develops differently from that of children in other countries. Gait is a complex, unconscious motor pattern, ...

The premise of Old Enough!, a Japanese reality show newly streaming on Netflix, is childishly simple. In each 10-minute episode, a tiny kid sets off to complete the child’s first errand alone. (Well, ...

TOKYO — The women work hard, sleeping only a few hours a night, as they juggle the demands of caring for their children and doing housework — all while suffering from poverty. The award-winning ...